10 Years in the Life

BT | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B00006J404
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,209 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Moment Of Truth, The - (original radio version)

2. Relativity (Transeau's Excursion)

3. Embracing The Future - (Embracing The Sunshine mix)

4. Loving You More - (with Vincent Covello, 7" edit)

5. Blue Skies - (with Tori Amos, radio edit)

6. Flaming June - (BT & PVD edit)

7. Love, Peace And Grease - (BT's Puma Fila 7" mix)

8. Remember - (Single mix)

9. Road To Lotswithiel, The

10. Lullaby For Gala

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Tripping The Light Fantastic

2. Dreams (BT's Circadian Dream)

3. Running Around Town - (BT's Shelter mix)

4. Not Over Yet (BT's Peyote Dub)

5. Nanita/A Spanish Lullaby (BT's Voltaire Organica Mix)

6. Stranded (BT vs. DD Mix [Deep Dish Edit])

7. The Promethean Groove (Edit)

8. Anomaly/Calling Your Name (Brat Edit)

9. Quark (Coolaid Mix)

10. Drowned World/Substitute for Love (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Mix)

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid, diverse greatest hits of originals and remixes, September 21, 2002

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Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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Personally I thought it was a bit early in BT's career to release a greatest hits album however looking at the tracklist, I thought it was compelling enough to buy. I'm a big fan of BT's music, especially his first two albums ("ESCM" in particular). I pleasantly surprised to see that my personal favorite BT song "Lullaby For Gaia" was included on the compilation since it was never released as a single. That alone scored major points from me. On the first disc, the cd consists of original material of BT's more familiar singles like "Dreaming" (Libra Mix) and "Blue Skies" (w/Tori Amos). I absolutely loved the single mix of "Remeber". I think it sounds a lot better than the album version of that same song. On disc 2, the cd consists of remixes BT did for various artists that ranges from The Crystal Method to Billie Ray Martin. This greatest hits compilation is quite thorough and diverse unlike a lot of greatest hits compilations which consists mostly of the more familiar and popular tracks by the artist. It is a bit pricey for a greatest hits comp but it is well worth the cash.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thank you brian transeau, October 18, 2002

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This review is from: 10 Years in the Life (Audio CD)

disregard the negative rewards, hating brings it's own reward to those who do it.

i already love the music of bt - i got hooked when i used it for running. overall impression from this cd - he's touched on that vibe of altruism, love, truth - the music is so clear, structured and fun.

i enjoyed the extras - how he grew up in rural maryland learning suzuki method piano (which i have also!), how he plotted around in his parent's house creating singles. his story of screwing up madonna's sample, then madonna calling some repair guy is funny...in the liner notes are accounts of every song's genesis. His immersion in classical music and love for rachmaninoff and familiarity with chopin spoke to me.

the musical variety explored and replay value in these two cd's is very much justified.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give me a 10!, September 5, 2003

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Dogville (Sunny Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 10 Years in the Life (Audio CD)

This has to be a very exclusive release to the US since it was released by Rhino Records and not BT's parent records in the US, Nettwerk. You won't even find this listed on BT's official website discography.

Nontheless, you'll find the various songs from Bt's 10-year career in a 2-CD set. CD1 featues his own compositions and CD2 are the remixes he was commissioned to do for other great artists.

I first got myself aquainted to his music on the deliciously penned Tori Amos collaboration Blue Skies. Tori's cold haunting voice matched Bt's self-styled techo-electronic sounds almost perfectly. You'll find it here on CD1, no doubt, for it represents one of BT's best triumphs. You also find such gems like his earliest works Moment of Truth and Relativity. You would realize how progressive BT has gotten on his later albums especially when he tried experimenting with electronic fusion with hip-hop/rap on Movement in Still Life. Dreaming, Giving Up The Ghost and Never Gonna Come Back Down truly represents this great leap forward. What's best, you'll get all the radio edits and remix single that were otherwise only available on vinyls or promo CDs.

On CD2, BT showcases his skills as a remixer which, by far, is his most accomplished work done. Remixing for The Crystal Method to Billy Ray Martin and Madonna, the remix of Drowned World for the latter is one of his best remixes for the 90's. It simply added a multi-dimension to a song that was dark and brooding. A great ommission here would have to be his splendid remix of Sarah McLachlan's I Love You which literally transformed the broadway style ballad to a stomping dancefloor cut.

If you just got on BT, this is is the best $20 to spend on without getting his whole collection. I recommend his new CD Emotional Technology too.